​I know I said this in my last journal, but I'm not dead and I am actively working on things. Super ultra important stuff came up (namely a whack of paperwork, medical examinations, etc. for my permanent residence application, yay for not getting deported!) that's kept my off-hours quite busy, and well, when your writing is but a hobby to be done in your off-time, it unfortunately has a lot to compete with. However, I have completed defining character arcs and character interactions for Merge Conflict, as well as a high level outline, and have 4 chapters of the low-level outline complete. I'm aiming to have 3 ~ 4 low-level outlines done a week for October, which by November should have me at 15 - 20 chapters outlined at a minimum. If I can eke out the time, perhaps I can have the outline complete for November and then spend NaNoWriMo pumping out half of Merge Conflict. We shall see.

In the meantime, I have commissions for more artwork from Merge on the way. Chris still remains to be fleshed out in art, and hopefully that comes in by the end of the month. I also have set up a scene from Merge Chapter 3 (Tests), which should be awesome that I'm really excited about, but again, that likely won't be done until mid-November at the earliest (you can't rush art!).

All in all, things are moving behind the scenes, but that's generally not visible so here we are.